Prognosis
Trump Assurances Aside, Warmer Weather May Not Slow Coronavirus
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President Donald Trump has assured Americans that warm weather will smother the coronavirus in the coming months. Epidemiologists say there simply isn’t enough information to say if that’s true.
While humid air has been shown to slow the spread of influenza in temperate regions, such as North America and Europe, there’s no way to know if this will happen with the coronavirus, Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology at Harvard University’s School of Public Health, wrote in a statement.